0535 AM TORNADO 1 W HENRY 29.88N 92.10W
03/21/2012 VERMILION LA NWS STORM SURVEY
NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF 0 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
ABOUT ONE AND A HALF MILES WEST OF HENRY. PATH LENGTH WAS
1 MILE AND PATH WIDTH WAS 20 YARDS. DAMAGE INCLUDED A
ROOF BLOWN OFF A BARN…SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED
AND SEVERAL TREES SNAPPED.
0545 AM TORNADO ABBEVILLE 29.97N 92.12W
03/21/2012 VERMILION LA NWS STORM SURVEY
NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF 1 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
ALONG RICE COVE AND CHAISSON ROADS. THE PATH WAS 1.5
MILES LONG AND THE PATH WIDTH WAS 20 YARDS WIDE. A GARAGE
WAS DESTROYED ON RICE COVE RD AND TELEPHONE POLES WERE
SNAPPED ALONG CHAISSON RD.
Tornado Damage Along Rice Cove Road
0445 AM TORNADO 1 S GUEYDAN 30.01N 92.51W
03/21/2012 VERMILION LA NWS STORM SURVEY
NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMS AN EF 1 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ONE
MILE SOUTH OF GUEYDAN ALONG LA 91. THE TORNADO TRAVELLED
2.5 MILES WITH A WIDTH OF 40 YARDS. DAMAGE INCLUDED A
TIED DOWN MOBILE HOME BEING ROLLED UPSIDE DOWN.THERE WAS
SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE TO FIVE HOMES AS WELL AS CITY
HALL. ABOUT 20 HOMES RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE TORNADO
PASSED OVER A CEMETARY WHERE IT KNOCKED DOWN GRAVESTONES.
SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED AND NUMEROUS TREES
WERE DOWNED.
0430 AM TORNADO LAKE ARTHUR 30.08N 92.68W
03/21/2012 JEFFERSON DAVIS LA NWS STORM SURVEY
NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMS AN EF 1 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN JUST
SOUTH OF LAKE ARTHUR. THE TORNADO TRAVELED NORTH THROUGH
THE CITY OF LAKE ARTHUR ON A TWO MILE LONG PATH. PATH
WIDTH WAS 40 YARDS. AN ESTIMATED 20-30 HOMES WERE
DAMAGED. DAMAGE INCLUDED THE PEELING BACK OF ROOVES,
BARNS DESTROYED, TREES DOWNED AND ANTENNAS BLOWN OFF THE
TOP OF A WATER TOWER.
0757 AM TORNADO PATTERSON 29.69N 91.31W
03/21/2012 F0 ST. MARY LA NWS STORM SURVEY
NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF0 TORNADO WITH A PATH ONE
MILE LONG AND FORTY YARDS WIDE. A FEW TREES HAD LIMBS
SNAPPED OFF. A LARGE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING HAD ITS GARAGE
DOOR BLOWN IN. SHEETING WAS PULLED OFF OF A DIFFERENT
BUILDING. SHEET METAL FROM AN INDUSTRIAL CANOPY WAS
PEELED OFF AND THE DEBRIS FIELD WAS BLOWN ACROSS HWY 90
IN DOWNTOWN PATTERSON.